Civilian Aviation

A brief visit to Stansted this evening to try to get some pics in the evening light, I got there just in time to see the Silkway 747-8F arrive. The Russian Legacy was a very nice catch as well

0972 VQ-BVB B747-8F Silkway Stansted 2-8-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

1047 VQ-BVB B747-8F Stansted 2-8-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

0956 RA-02858 EMB-135 LegacyStansted 2-8-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

1052 RA-02858 EMB-135 Legacy Stansted 2-8-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

1009 N887K Falcon 7X Stansted 2-8-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

1024 N887K Falcon 7X Stansted 2-8-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

hope you like them, C&C welcome

thanks for looking
Andy

Love that first shot of the 747

The first shot's a corker.

Nigel / Nick - thanks for the comments re the first one, I was lucky to get away with that one.

I got there in the nick of time with the 747 on approach and hastily re-set the ISO (was on 128000!) but forgot to adjust the exposure compensation back to zero after having adjusted it to +1 the previous night when photographing the barn owls. Fortunately it wasn't too bright so a bit of darkening on the editing brought it back to normal. Just lucky that Silkways have a light grey top, if it had been white the highlights would have burnt it out.

Note to self - at the end of a photo session always set the camera back to an average setting to avoid really over or under exposed photos.

very nice set

you really got away with the first shot looks great, I ruined my shots of the only A350 i have ever seen at heathrow, it was just getting dark as i saw it line up on 27R grabbed the camera and never had time to adjust so just shot at what i had set half an hour earlier and every shot was blurred

Nice shots as always, Andy.

Evening Andy from Sunny Norfolk some great images there,ventured down the A11 Friday captured the Russian arriving but the evening light wasn't as good as yours hope youre keeping well regards Kevin and the Boy's.

many thanks Kevin, I was rather lucky - a large mass of cloud covered the sun about 10 minutes after the Russian departed.

hope everybody is well in Norfolk
andy

Also loving the light on these. Number one for me too - jumbos all the way!

Cracking shots Andy but no.1 is a stunner

Nice shots Andy... Wish I had the effort to get over on Sunday with that light!

Still need to get one of the Silkways as well...One day..!

Dan

Rather pleased this morning, this one (the first in the original post) made the latest edition of Air Britain Aviation World magazine....

0972 VQ-BVB B747-8F Silkway Stansted 2-8-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

andy

Well done Andy, it's always great to have a shot published.

Hi Andy,
The Silkway #1 is a fantastic shot.
We like a bit of 747F
Everything we want from a bit of heavy metal/ cargo ... a bit of jelly or spray goes such a long way adding to the sense of power.
Great lighting btw !
All the best,
Mike.